“I’m one of the top players in the world, not just point guard,” Thomas said. “I’m one for sure. Steph Curry… This is no order, just one through five. I’m one, though, but no order after that. Steph Curry. Westbrook. John Wall. Damian Lillard: He is pretty good.”

When Hart pressed Thomas about Kyrie Irving being left off of the list, Thomas said he forgot about Irving and then proceeded to add Irving into the top five and removed Wall to make room for Irving.

While Westbrook made his cut, his list appears to be flawed as most would agree that Thomas is not a top-five point guard at this point in time following his recovery from a severe hip injury.

After Thomas was traded to the Cavaliers last year, he averaged 14.7 points and 4.5 assists in 15 total games once he finally made his debut for the Cavaliers on Jan. 2.

He was traded to the Lakers in February and averaged 15.6 points and five assists in 17 total games with Los Angeles before he was shut down for the rest of the season in March.

The two stints he had with the Cavaliers and Lakers were far from the production he had with the Celtics during the 2016-17 season when he finished third in scoring with 28.9 points per game.

After suffering a severe hip injury, it’s clear that he is no longer the top tier point guard he was a couple of years ago but he still believes he can be that player this season with the Nuggets.

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Cody Taylor

Cody Taylor is the Editor and Lead Writer for OKC Thunder Wire based out of Orlando, Florida. He previously spent five years covering the NBA for Basketball Insiders and HoopsWorld. In addition, he has also covered college sports at UCF, including baseball, football and basketball.